Ikagawa, Yasuo
Okamoto, Shigefumi
Taniguchi, Kouki
Mizoguchi, Ren
Hashimoto, Atsushi
Imamura, Rikako
Arakawa, Hiroshi
Ogura, Kohei
Yanagihara, Masashi
Tsujiguchi, Hiromasa
Hara, Akinori
Nakamura, Hiroyuki
Hosomichi, Kazuyoshi
Karashima, Shigehiro
Article History
Received: 18 August 2025
Revised: 4 November 2025
Accepted: 16 November 2025
First Online: 18 December 2025
Compliance with ethical standards
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: The authors declare no competing interests.
: This study was approved by the Human Research Ethics Committee of Kanazawa University (approval number: 1491) and conducted in accordance with the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki. An overview of the study was provided to all participants at the time of physical examination. Written informed consent was obtained prior to fecal sample collection.